Narita airport to Tokyo or Haneda airport to Tokyo

There are many deals available for both airport arriving passengers. Many deals includes airport access fare and subway unlimited ride pass. But most of deals are available for only arriving passengers only. Please see the links below:

If you can choose Tokyo in / Osaka out or Osaka in / Tokyo out, I recommend you to arrive in Tokyo and depart from Tokyo. If you arrive in Osaka and depart from Tokyo, only single fare may be available.

Sightseeing in Tokyo

Tokyo subway covers most part of Tokyo. You can access to most of places in Tokyo by subway.

If you choose Narita or Haneda airport access + subway pass combo deal, you can use subway pass when you are in Tokyo. Otherwise you can add Tokyo Subway Ticket or JR local deal, “Tokyo Tokunai Pass”. But both pass covers downtown Tokyo which is basically inside Tokyo 23 wards. Some places in Tokyo is not in this area, such as Ghibli Museum, Showa Kinen Park. Tokyo Disneyland/DisneySea is not in this area either. Actually this place is not in Tokyo by Chiba. Please see the link below to learn more about train network in Tokyo:

Tokyo to Osaka

Platt Kodama is most affordable deal if you want to take Shinkansen (bullet train). However this deal covers only Kodama that is the slowest train on Shinkansen. If you want to take the fastest train single ticket is your choice. Please see the link below about Platt Kodama and comparison between Platt Kodama and single ticket.

Osaka to Kansai airport

Most of deals are available for both airport to downtown Osaka and downtown Osaka to airport.

If you do from Osaka to Tokyo

As I mentioned above, the deal for Kansai airport to/from Osaka is available for both ways. But most of deals for airport to downtown Tokyo are available for incoming passengers only. You may not be able to use the deal for Tokyo to Narita airport or Haneda airport.

Arrival at Tokyo and departure from Osaka is easier to find the deal.

If you have round trip between Tokyo and Osaka

If your arrival airport and departure airports are same, such as Narita – Tokyo – Osaka – Narita, Kansai – Tokyo – Osaka – Kansai, you will have round trip between Tokyo and Osaka. In this case, JR pass 7 days is the best deal. Please see the link below to find the detailed information:

You do not include whole part of your trip in 7 days. You can use 7 days covers period for Tokyo-Osaka round trip. The round trip fare for Tokyo to/from Osaka by Shinkansen is almost same as 7 days pass. You can take a local train in Osaka, Tokyo and Kyoto. 7 days pass works for this type of trip.

Understand that, the JAPAN RAIL PASS is not valid for any seats, reserved or non-reserved, on “NOZOMI” and “MIZUHO” trains on the Tokaido, Sanyo and Kyushu Shinkansen lines. (The pass holders must take “HIKARI,” “SAKURA,” “KODAMA,” or “TSUBAME” trains.)

I’ll be purchasing the ICOCA & HARUKA and a 7days JR Pass. Starts of using will be on day 3 to day 9. Is my plan workable? Any comment about my itinerary and it is very rush? Please correct me if I’m wrong. Thank you.

Day 3 – Miyama (美山) OR Shirakawago (which is better?) (Day trip) (If, to go to Shirakawago, we’ll leave at 7am to Kanazawa and take Nohi bus. At 3pm, Shirakawago back to Kanazawa, visit for awhile, head back to Kyoto, con’t Gion.)

Your plan is really good. It’s not very rushed and can do very easily. For me, Shirakawago is better. It’s much bigger and many more places to see. But Miyama is nice place too. If you want closer place, Miyama will satisfy you.

I’ll be purchasing the ICOCA & HARUKA and a 7days JR Pass. Which day is best to start using JR Pass? Do I have to reserve the seats or it is best to reserve for using JR Pass? Should I buy any Kansai pass or just Icoca will do?

You can take either way to visit Kanazawa and Shirakawago. If you want to save your time, you may visit there on the way to Tokyo. If you want to make the trip easier, you can visit there as day trip from Tokyo. You don’t need to care about the luggage.

Single ticket is your choice for access to Kyoto from Odawara. You can purchase this ticket in advance if you like. You can purchase it at the reservation window in most of JR station. You can purchase it at JR Ikebukuro station.

You don’t need to use one base fare ticket to Osaka with stopover at Kyoto. Just use single ticket for Odawara to Kyoto.

I’m going to Japan this October with my parents for one week. Our arrival and departure flights are both from Haneda Airport. We will be using the 7 days JR Pass since we want to go to Osaka and Kyoto too.

I would like to know your opinion regarding my itinerary. Our plane will arrive around 4:30 pm. I was thinking to go straight to Osaka/Kyoto with Shinkansen, but that means we’re going to arrive in Osaka/Kyoto late at night. I’m a bit worried that my parents will be too tired (our flight takes 7 hours).

My other option is to stay in Tokyo for three days before going to Osaka/Kyoto. Then we will head straight to Haneda Airport from Osaka/Kyoto on our last day. We have plenty of time since our flight is at midnight.

Which option do you think is better? If we go straight to Osaka/Kyoto on our arrival day, is our chance to get seats in the shinkansen still high? Can we reserve a seat before we arrive in Japan?

If I were you, I stay in Tokyo first. But you can ask your parents. It’s totally up to you and your parents.

You cannot book Shinkansen seat before you arrive in Japan. You will exchange your JR pass in Haneda and you also make a booking at same time when you exchange the pass. I don’t think it’s hard to book a seat together.

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About JP Rail.com

This website is unofficial website about Japan Rail Pass, other rail passes and rail travel in Japan. It explains you how to use Japan Rail Pass and assists you to use Japan Rail Pass to its maximum! And also this site explain about many more rail passes, gives you tips and supports you to enjoy rail trip in Japan.